JPH10216299A - Display device of game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To give a new impact in terms of design by means of a display device by coloring plural colors without a boundary by means of continuous change so as to form a surface lens. SOLUTION: The display device 11 is constituted by permitting main surface lenses 12 and 13 and a center surface lens 14 to be exposed on an equipment surface. Only red is colored on the center surface lens 14 but the main surface lenses 12 and 13 are colored by red in an area A, blue in the area B and yellow in the area C without a boundary by continuous change. The coloring on the main surface lenses 12 and 13 are executed by in-mold-forming a film where gradation coloring is executed in a transparent resin for forming the main surface lenses 12 and 13.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a display device of a game machine which lights up according to a game state of the game machine and the like.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, as a display device of this type of gaming machine, there is, for example, a display device used in a slot machine shown in FIG.

A display window 1 is provided at the center of the main body of the slot machine.
Is observed through the reel 2. These reels 2
Various symbols are drawn on the outer periphery of. When a coin is inserted into the insertion slot 3 and the start lever 4 is operated, each of the reels 2 starts rotating simultaneously. This rotation is
When the stop button 5 is pressed by the player, the operation is stopped according to the operation timing. When a predetermined combination of symbols is displayed in each display window 1 at the time of the stop, a prize is won. The type of this prize is payout table 6
Is represented in

A display device 7 is provided above the payout table 6. The display device 7 has a built-in lamp inside the front lens. The built-in lamp is turned on when a prize is awarded, and gives a visual stimulus to the player to enhance the amusement of the prize. The lighting pattern of the built-in lamp differs depending on the type of winning. For example, when a big win such as a big bonus game occurs, the light is flashy, but when a normal small win is generated, the light is turned on plainly. Also, when the winning probability becomes the high probability state, the display device 7 lights up in a predetermined pattern to notify the player that the high probability state has occurred.

[0005]

However, the display device 7 of the conventional slot machine described above is constituted by a surface lens of one color such as red. For this reason, even if the built-in lamp of the display device 7 is lit in various patterns, the luminescent color is a single color, so that there is a surface lacking in interest.

Also, depending on the type of slot machine,
Some display devices are constituted by multicolor surface lenses such as red and yellow. However, in such a display device, the number of components increases because the surface lenses are formed by combining lenses of each color by the number of colors,
The product cost cannot be reduced. In addition, even if it is configured with multiple colors, the lenses of each color are independent for each color, and the design impact that the color scheme of the entire front lens has on the player is weak.

In a conventional display device, when a symbol or the like is three-dimensionally represented, a convex portion is provided on the surface of the lens, and a gold foil or a silver foil is hot-stamped and stuck only on the surface where the convex portion protrudes. . This hot stamping is performed by applying gold and silver foil or the like to the surface of the convex portion with a roller and applying heat. Therefore, the surface of the convex portion needs to be flat. For this reason, the symbols formed in this way on the lens surface of the conventional display device still lack a three-dimensional effect.

[0008]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problems, and has a surface lens provided on the surface of an apparatus and a light source provided behind the surface lens. In the display device of a gaming machine configured to include: the surface lens is characterized in that a plurality of colors are continuously changed without borders and arranged.

[0009] Further, the surface lens is characterized in that the surface lens is formed using a film in which a plurality of colors are continuously changed without boundaries and arranged.

A symbol is drawn on the film,
The symbol part is formed three-dimensionally.

Also, a symbol is drawn on the film,
The surface of the front lens facing the symbol is formed three-dimensionally corresponding to the symbol.

Further, the invention is characterized in that the light source is a patrol lamp.

As described above, a plurality of colors are continuously changed and changed in color without boundaries, and the surface lens is formed, so that the display device gives an unprecedented design impact to the player.

Further, when the color arrangement is constituted by a film, a symbol can be drawn on the film and the symbol can be formed in an arbitrary three-dimensional shape.

Instead of forming the film three-dimensionally, the surface of the front lens can be formed into an arbitrary three-dimensional shape corresponding to the symbol.

Further, by using a patrol lamp as a light source, the above-mentioned color arrangement of the front lens is illuminated in the order of the color arrangement by the rotating light emitted from the patrol lamp and complemented.

[0017]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Next, an embodiment in which a display device of a gaming machine according to the present invention is applied to the above-described slot machine will be described.

FIG. 1 shows a display device 11 of the slot machine according to the present embodiment. FIG. 1A is a plan view of the display device 11, and FIG. 1B is a front view thereof.

The display device 11 is arranged above the payout table on the head of the slot machine. The display device 11 is configured such that the main surface lenses 12, 13 and the center surface lens 14 are exposed on the device surface. The center surface lens 14 has only one red color, while the main surface lenses 12 and 13 have red, blue and yellow colors that are continuously changed without boundaries.

That is, in FIG.
Is red, the solid hatched area B is blue, and the dotted hatched area C is yellow. There is no clear boundary between these areas A, B and C on the main surface lenses 12 and 13. The color changes continuously from red to blue from the region A to the region B, and between the regions A and B, the red and the blue are mixed with each other to be purple in a gradation. Further, the color changes continuously from blue to yellow from the region B to the region C, and between the regions B and C, blue and yellow are mixed and greenish as a gradation.

Such coloration of the main surface lenses 12 and 13 is performed by inserting a film having the above-mentioned gradation coloration into a transparent resin forming the main surface lenses 12 and 13. In other words, this film
Red, blue, and yellow are color-changed and color-changed continuously without boundaries as described above. When the main surface lenses 12, 13 are injection-molded with a transparent resin, this film is inserted into the transparent resin, and the main surface lenses 12, 13 are in-mold molded.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing a component configuration of the display device 11 shown in FIG. 1. In FIG. 2, the same parts as those in FIG.

The display device 11 is configured such that the main surface lenses 12 and 13 and the center surface lens 14 described above are mounted on a base frame 15. A plurality of grooves 16 are formed on the surfaces of the main surface lenses 12 and 13, respectively. A mirror seal 17 is dropped into these grooves 16 and affixed thereto. The mirror seal 17 gives the front lenses 12 and 13 a design accent. Further, the base frame 15 and the mirror surface seal 17 have a silver color, and their surfaces are shining mirror-like.

Also, behind the main surface lens 12,
As shown in FIG. 6A, a wedge-based lamp 1
8 are provided in a plural number. The wedge-based lamp 18 is mounted directly on an electric circuit board for lighting control by being rotated. A plurality of the same wedge-based lamps 18 are also provided behind the main surface lens 13 in a similar manner.

Behind the center surface lens 14, a light emitting diode (LED) is built in as a light source in a two-stage configuration. When a 7-segment LED is used for this light source, the center surface lens 14 is used instead of FIG.
A center surface lens 14 'having the shape shown in FIG.
A transparent window 14a through which a 7-segment LED can be observed is formed at the center of the center surface lens 14 '.

The display device 11 according to the present embodiment as described above.
According to the above, a plurality of colors are continuously changed and arranged on the main surface lenses 12 and 13 without boundaries, and a new design impact is given to the player. That is, the lamp 18 is turned on at the time of winning, etc.
Is displayed by the internal light, the display device 11 emits a rainbow light, and the interest of the player is further increased.

Further, the main surface lenses 12 and 13 are constituted by one part even if multicolors are arranged. Aside from the case where each color has a meaning, there is no conventional one in which several colors are expressed by gradation using one lens as in this embodiment. In the present embodiment, the number of component parts is smaller than that of a conventional display device having the number of parts corresponding to the number of colors. Further, assembly is easy and parts management is easy. Therefore, according to the display device 11 of the present embodiment, an increase in product cost can be suppressed.

In the above embodiment, the surface lens 12,
Although the case where the gradation-printed film is molded into the mold 13 in the in-mold resin has been described, it is also possible to simultaneously inject a plurality of colors of resin into the mold at the time of molding to form the above-described gradation coloration surface lens. In such injection resin molding, by selecting the viscosity of each color resin to an appropriate viscosity close to that of liquid, the resins of each color simultaneously poured into the mold are continuously mixed at the boundary without any boundary, and gradation coloration is achieved. Present. Therefore, even with such a surface lens that does not use a film, the same effect as in the above-described embodiment can be obtained.

Further, as shown in the sectional view of FIG. 4, the main surface lenses 12 and 13 have lamp covers 12a and 13 respectively.
a, internal lenses 12b, 13b and film 12c,
13c. The films 12c and 13c are sandwiched between the lamp covers 12a and 13a and the inner lenses 12b and 13b. As described above, the films 12c and 13c are color-changed such that red, blue, and yellow are continuously changed without any boundary, and are subjected to gradation printing.

The lamp covers 12a and 13a are made of a transparent resin and are exposed on the surface of the game machine. Internal lens 12 provided inside lamp covers 12a, 13a
b and 13b are also made of a transparent resin. This internal lens 12
b and 13b are formed with a spherical surface cut for light diffusion inside.

The display device 11 having such a configuration as shown in FIG.
The same effect as in the above embodiment is also achieved in the case where the display device 11 is illuminated when the lamp 18 is turned on and the main surface lenses 12 and 13 are projected by internal light at the time of winning or the like. , The interest of the players is enhanced. Although the number of component parts is larger than that of the above-described embodiment, the number of component parts is smaller than that of the conventional display device which requires the number of parts by the number of colors.

Further, for example, the symbols 21 as shown in FIG. 5 are drawn on the films 12c and 13c sandwiched between the components as described above, and the lamp covers 12a and
13a, the symbol 21 is provided on the surface facing the symbol 21.
Can be formed.

When the display device 11 is configured in this manner, the symbols 2 printed on the films 12c and 13c in a two-dimensional manner are displayed.
1 is displayed three-dimensionally with the embossed portion 22 serving as a lens. In this three-dimensional display, an arbitrary three-dimensional shape can be easily realized by selecting the three-dimensional shape of the embossed portion 22 protruding from the surfaces of the lamp covers 12a and 13a.

Also, without forming the embossed portions 22 on the surfaces of the lamp covers 12a, 13a, the films 12c, 13a
By raising the portion of the symbol 21 drawn in c, the symbol 21 can be expressed in an arbitrary three-dimensional shape. This three-dimensional shape can be easily formed by applying heat to the portions of the symbols 21 of the films 12c and 13c and pressing them.

Each three-dimensional representation of such a symbol 21 is as follows:
This can be performed with a higher degree of freedom than in a conventional three-dimensional representation in which the surface of a convex portion needs to be formed planarly. Therefore, according to the display device 11 of the present embodiment, it is possible to stereoscopically display the symbol 21 with force. Therefore, the interest of the slot machine game is further enhanced.

The films 12c and 13c shown in FIG.
Such a stereoscopic display of the symbol 21 can be applied to the above-described film formed by in-mold resin molding in the same manner as described above. In this case, the same effect as described above can be obtained.

In the above-described embodiment, the case where the wedge-based lamp 18 shown in FIG. 6A is built in behind the main surface lenses 12 and 13 has been described.
The patrol lamp 31 shown in FIG.
It is also possible to incorporate them behind 2,13. The patrol lamp 31 includes a lamp 32 and a hemispherical mirror 33. When the mirror 33 rotates as indicated by the arrow, the gradation colors of the main surface lenses 12 and 13 are illuminated from behind by the rotating light emitted from the patrol lamp 31 in the order of the colors and are complemented. For this reason, the display device 11 is turned on with more interest and makes the game of the player more interesting.

In the above embodiment, the case where the present invention is applied to a slot machine has been described. However, the present invention can be applied to a ball game machine such as a pachinko machine, a pinball game machine, and an arrange ball game machine. In this case, the same effect as in the above-described embodiment can be obtained.

[0039]

As described above, according to the present invention, since a plurality of colors are continuously changed without borders and a color is formed and a surface lens is formed, an unprecedented design impact is achieved by the display device. Given to the person. That is, when the display device is turned on at the time of winning or the like, the beautiful gradation color arrangement of the front lens is appealed to the player, and the interest of the game is enhanced.

Further, when the gradation coloration is constituted by a film, the symbol can be formed in an arbitrary three-dimensional shape by drawing the symbol on the film. Further, instead of forming the film three-dimensionally, the surface of the front lens can be formed into an arbitrary three-dimensional shape corresponding to the symbol. Therefore, it is possible to express a symbol having a three-dimensional effect on the front lens with a powerful impression.

Further, by using a patrol lamp as the light source, the gradation coloration of the surface lens is illuminated in the order of the coloration by the rotating light emitted from the patrol lamp, and complemented. For this reason, the display device can perform a variety of light-emitting displays, and the interest of the player can be further enhanced.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a plan view and a front view of a display device of a gaming machine according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing a component configuration of the display device shown in FIG.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing another configuration example of the center surface lens shown in FIG. 2;

FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing another configuration example of the main surface lens shown in FIG. 2;

5 is a perspective view showing a configuration example in which symbols are stereoscopically displayed on the main surface lens having the configuration shown in FIG. 4;

FIG. 6 is a perspective view showing a light source formed behind the main surface lens shown in FIG. 2;

FIG. 7 is a perspective view showing a display device of a conventional slot machine.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 11 ... Display apparatus 12, 13 ... Main surface lens 12a, 13a ... Lamp cover 12b, 13b ... Inner lens 12c, 13c ... Film 14 ... Center surface lens 15 ... Base frame 16 ... Groove 17 ... Mirror surface seal 18 ... Wedge base lamp 21 ... Symbol 22 ... Embossed part 31 ... Patrol lamp

Claims (8)

[Claims] 1. A display device for a game machine comprising a surface lens provided to be exposed on the surface of an apparatus and a light source provided behind the surface lens, wherein the surface lens has a plurality of colors. A display device for a gaming machine, characterized in that the colors are continuously changed without borders. 2. The display device of a game machine according to claim 1, wherein said surface lens is formed by resin molding of a plurality of colors simultaneously injected into a mold during molding. 3. The surface lens according to claim 1, wherein a film in which a plurality of colors are continuously changed without boundaries is inserted into a resin at the time of molding, and is molded in an in-mold resin. Game machine display device. 4. The front lens has a lamp cover exposed on a device surface, a lens provided inside the lamp cover, and a plurality of colors sandwiched between the lamp cover and the lens continuously and continuously changing. 2. A display device for a gaming machine according to claim 1, wherein said display device is constituted by a film which is color-coded. 5. The display device for a game machine according to claim 3, wherein a symbol is drawn on the film, and the symbol portion is formed three-dimensionally. 6. The film according to claim 3, wherein a symbol is drawn on the film, and the surface of the surface lens facing the symbol is formed three-dimensionally corresponding to the symbol. Game machine display device. 7. The display device of a gaming machine according to claim 1, wherein the light source is a patrol lamp. 8. The display device for a gaming machine according to claim 1, wherein the gaming machine is a slot machine or a ball-and-ball gaming machine.